Racing and Race Horses
We append the following letter from the pen of Admiral Rous from the Times of Wednesday week.— Illustrated Sporting News, July 9. SIR—It is so difficult to comprise in one letter the…
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West Maitland Annual Races. Second Day, Thursday, Sept. 29
The races on Thursday were no exception to the general rule, that the second day's gathering is the indifferent one of a race meeting, whether the number of events, the quality of the racing, or the attendance of the public, is…
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The result of Friday evening's race for the Forced Handicap having been declared a dead heat between Maid of the Lake and Shamrock, it was arranged that the deciding heat should take place on Saturday…
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On Saturday last a very large number of the residents of Raymond Terrace and its neighbourhood assembled to witness some aqu[?]tic sports on the river opposite that township. The day had been fixed to decide the sculling…
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A match took place on Saturday, the 12th instant, at Singleton, between two elevens of the Morpeth and Singleton clubs, and, as will be seen below, resulted in a victory for Singleton. In justice to the Morpeth players…
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The fallowing are the horses entered for the East Maitland Christmas races, to come off on the 26th and 27th, December.—Monday and Tuesday next:— First Race.—The Maiden Plate of 50 [?], for all…
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These races came off on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 14th, 15th, and 16th December. FIRST DAY. The Muswellbrook Maiden Plate of £50, for [?]…
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In consequence of the rainy state of the weather, the East Maitland Christmas races which were to commence Yesterday were postponed until this day. About four hundred persons assembled on the race-course yesterday,…
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FIRST RACE.—The West Maitland Christmas Maiden Plate of £[?], with a sweep of £3 each added, for maiden horses; one mile and a half, one event weight for age…
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Some of the races not having filled up, the Hunter River (W.M.) Jockey Club have withdrawn and altered them. The new ones are likely to find a greater number of competitors. In to-day's issue will…
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